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Ringfort - rath

Drumlohan, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumlohan, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumlohan
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.16442, -7.46487
SMR number
WA024-124----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On level ground on a S-facing slope in undulating terrain, in lush grass pasture. There is a limited view upslope to the N, though the Comeragh Mountains are visible over the brow of the hill. The view E is extensive with the sea visible in the distance to the SE. There is a good view over the valley to the S, with a church (WA024-033001-) and graveyard (WA024-033002-) 150m to the S and a souterrain (WA024-033004-) with reused ogham stones (WA024-033006- to WA024-033015-, WA024-033017-) c. 110m to the SSW. The view SW is impeded by a ridge and the view W by rock outcrop c. 80m from the monument. This is a much denuded ringfort but is still clearly visible as a circular area (diam. 28.6m) enclosed by a bank (overall Wth 6m; Wth at crest 2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m), which is largely reduced to scarp internally, though the interior is slightly concave. There is a fosse (Wth 5.6m; D 0.5m) evident from SW-W-NW which is wide and waterlogged. It is not clear elsewhere, particularly to N where there is no trace. There is a slight suggestion of an entrance (Wth c. 4m) in the E sector. A field boundary runs E-W c. 12m N of the monument and another running roughly N-S c. 25m to the E. There is a small area of rock outcrop (diam. c. 6-7m) c. 17m to the NE of the ringfort.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 4 December 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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